News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 242
Mideast Arms Build-up Negative Fallout from Iran Nuclear Deal
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 23 (IPS) - The nuclear agreement concluded last week between Iran and six big powers, the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, is threatening to trigger a new Middle East military build-up – not with nuclear weapons but with conventional arms, including fighter planes, combat helicopters, warships, missiles, battle tanks and heavy artillery.
Despite ISIS Ascendancy, U.S. Public Wary of War
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 23 (IPS) - As the Islamic State, known variously as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh, consolidates its hold over parts of Iraq and Syria to the degree that it has in many ways become a functioning state, the U.S. public remains divided over any intervention involving ground troops, a new survey shows.
Security Council Defies U.S. Lawmakers by Voting on Iran Nuke Deal
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 (IPS) - When all 15 members of the Security Council raised their collective hands to unanimously vote in favour of the recently-concluded nuclear agreement with Iran, they were also defying a cabal of right-wing conservative U.S. politicians who wanted the United Nations to defer its vote until the U.S. Congress makes its own decision on the pact.
Opinion: Iran Deal Has Far-Reaching Potential to Remake International Relations
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 20 (IPS) - The Vienna agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council acting in concert with Germany has the potential to remake international relations beyond the immediate goal of stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The Myths About the Nuclear Deal With Iran
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 (IPS) - The single biggest misunderstanding about the nuclear agreement with Iran is that it is a bilateral deal with the United States.
Violence Against Women Alive and Kicking in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Jul 17 (IPS) - Rizwana* had hoped and expected that justice would be served – that the man who raped her would be sufficiently punished for his crime. Months after she suffered at his hands, however, the perpetrator remains at large.
Civilian Killings? West Literally Gets Away With Murder
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (IPS) - The United Nations continues to come under heavy fire for singling out mostly non-Western states for human rights violations while ignoring the misdeeds of non-Western nations or big powers.
Fear Stalks Students in Northern Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) - It has been seven months since a group of gunmen raided the Army Public School in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, killing 145 people, including 132 students.
Children Increasingly Becoming the Spoils of War
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 (IPS) - Whether in Palestine, Ukraine or Somalia, wars result in millions of children threatened by the brutality of armed conflict.
Pledges for Humanitarian Aid Fall Far Short of Deliveries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 13 (IPS) - When international donors pledge millions of dollars either for post-conflict reconstruction or for humanitarian aid, deliveries are rarely on schedule: they are either late, fall far below expectations or not delivered at all.
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